Nurse Practitioner

1 week ago

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Hamilton Health Sciences Full time

Unit Summary

Step into a job that opens countless doors. As one of Canada's largest and most diverse hospitals, we're providing advanced care to people of all ages from across the province. You can explore advancement opportunities, take professional development courses, and stretch yourself as a leader, all at HHS. We are the largest employer in the greater Hamilton region, and play a vital role in training the next generation of health professionals in collaboration with our academic partners, including McMaster University and Mohawk College. Hamilton Health Sciences is a hospital system of 18,000 staff, physicians, researchers and volunteers that proudly serves south central Ontario residents. We also provide specialized, advanced care to people from across the province.

McMaster Children's Hospital (MCH) is part of the Hamilton Health Sciences' family of hospitals. The MCH Hemoglobinopathy outpatient program provides coordinated, comprehensive care to patients from infancy through adulthood with an interdisciplinary model of care. The Hemoglobinopathy Program provides an inter-professional approach with expertise in pediatric and adult disease management within a family-centered environment.
HHS' family of hospitals is committed to principles of equity and inclusion for all. The President and CEO of HHS has publicly stated "Hamilton Health Sciences remains committed to safe, healthy, and inclusive communities. We value equity, diversity, inclusion, and safety."
The MCH Hemoglobinopathy program team is also committed to equity and inclusion and actively welcomes applications from persons with lived experience and persons committed to equity and inclusion in their clinical practice.

Position Summary

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) for the Hematology service of McMaster Children's Hospital will provide leadership and promote excellence in comprehensive care across the life spectrum of patients with inherited blood disorders - particularly Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia. Regarding providing comprehensive care, the NP will demonstrate excellent understanding of the inequities regularly encountered by populations experiencing inherited blood disorders – particularly Sickle Cell Disease – and will demonstrate experience working with these populations to mitigate these inequities and improve patient experiences and outcomes. The Nurse Practitioner is a core member of the interdisciplinary Hemoglobinopathy Clinic team. They will engage in family-centered and holistic nursing care through expert clinical practice, education, consultation and research. The NP will support the clinical activity of the Hematology service and the associated patient care and interventions with a focus on care for Hemoglobinopathy patients. The NP will collaborate with the interdisciplinary team and will be responsible to: provide direct patient care, coordination of care including transfusion therapy, discharge planning, education for patient, family and their communities, and the coordination of related community and other resources for this patient population. The NP will also be responsible to mentor nursing and other health professional students as appropriate, and participate in continuing education activities to integrate the role of the NP in the program and academic settings. This includes initiating, participating, and/or leading programs, presentations, publications, evaluations, research initiatives and other system changes to continue the enhancement of interdisciplinary care teams.

Schedule Work Hours

Monday to Friday; days

Qualifications Current Certificate of Registration in the College of Nurses of Ontario as a Registered Nurse Extended Class RN(EC)
2. Completion of a Master's Degree in Nursing
3. Minimum of 3 years acute/primary clinical experience
4. Minimum of 3 years nursing experience preferred
5. Experience with chronic health maintenance including transitioning pediatric patients to adult care is an asset
6. Demonstrated experience providing equitable and inclusive care to parents, adults and children from historically excluded and marginalized communities including folks who are Indigenous, Black, racialized, disabled, and/or Two-Spirit and LGBTQIA+
7. Demonstrated understanding and commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion including evidence of education and learning undertaken in this space
8. Proficiency in performing history and examination of the infant, toddler, child, adolescent and early adulthood
9. Knowledge and assessment of developmental milestones at all stages of pediatric development and ability to access appropriate community or hospital-based resources in complex care setting
10. Experience and knowledge to recognize emergent hematology concerns and distinguish urgent from semi-urgent and non-urgent matters and condition
11. Ability to provide trauma-informed counsel and education to parents, adults and children in Hemoglobinopathy health related topics
12. Knowledge and experience engaging diverse community resources to best support patients with Hemoglobinopathy diagnoses
13. Able to handle significant daily psychological and emotional stress in dealing with parents of critically or chronically ill children and adults
14. Experience in the development and maintenance of medical directives
15. Demonstrated ability for independent action, initiative, problem solving, organization and prioritization
16. Demonstrated leadership, critical thinking, interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
17. Demonstrated ability to work in a consultative role with the members of the multidisciplinary team
18. Demonstrated ability to be flexible and adapt positively to constantly changing clinical situations
19. Knowledge and experience in change theory and pediatric learning principles
20. Demonstrated ability to utilize information technology
21. Membership to professional organizations relevant to the role
As a condition of employment, you are required to submit proof of full COVID-19 vaccination to Employee Health Services.

Hamilton Health Sciences fosters a culture of patient and staff safety, whereby all employees are guided by our Mission, Vision, Values, and Values Based Code of Conduct. Hamilton Health Sciences is a teaching hospital and all staff and physicians are expected to support students and other learners.

To be considered for this opportunity applicants must apply during the posting period. All internal and external applicants may ONLY apply via the Careers website.

Hamilton Health Sciences is an equal opportunity employer and we will accommodate any needs under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. Hiring processes will be modified to remove barriers to accommodate those with disabilities, if requested. Should any applicant require accommodation through the application processes, please contact HR Operations at , Ext for assistance. If the applicant requires a specific accommodation because of a disability during an interview, the applicant will need to advise the hiring manager when scheduling the interview and the appropriate accommodations can be made.

This competition is open to all qualified applicants, however, qualified internal applicants will be considered first. Past performance will be considered as part of the selection process. If you are a previous employee of Hamilton Health Sciences, please note: the circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment

Proficiency in both Official Languages, French and English, is considered an asset

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